I kind of stumbled into a Soulblight Gravelords army by buying Warhammer Quest: Cursed City... which basically includes 1090 points of Soulblight Gravelords!? Another 700 points were acquired through Warhammer Underworlds warbands... and that's pretty close to 200 points - the amount used in most big games!?
Also, Vampires and undead are cool... and... of the Age of Sigmar factions, a lot of these are generic enough that they could be used in so many other games and hostile encounters in role-playing games...
This is what I have and what I still need to do as of the beginning of January 2025...
Painted
These are all the Soulblight Gravelords I have done. Pretty much mostly stuff for Warhammer Quest Cursed City or Warhammer Underworlds.
Heroes
- Cado Ezechiar, the Hollow King (1) 150
- Gorslav the Gravekeeper (1) 120
- Kritza, the Rat Prince (1) 70
- Lady Annika, the Thirsting Blade (1) 130
- Necromancer (1) 140
- Radukar the Wolf (1) 150
- Carmilla Du Sang, Vampire Lord (1) 160
- Vlad Von Carstien, Vampire Lord (1) 160
- Isabella Von Carstien, Vampire Lord (1) 160
- Watch Captain Halgrim (1) 110
- Wight King (1) 100
Units
- Deadwalker Zombies (10) * not a complete unit!
- Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100
- Kosargi Nightguard (2) 120
- Vargskyr (1) 160
- Vyrkos Blood-born (3) 150
Legends
- The Sepulchral Guard (7) 110
- The Sons of Velmorn (5) 130
- Zondara’s Gravebreakers (5) 120
This all could currently be fielded as:
Radukar the General's Regiment
- Hero - Radukar the Wolf (1) 150
- Vyrkos Retainer - Lady Annika, the Thirsting Blade (1) 130
- Unit - Kosargi Nightguard (2) 120
- Unit - Vargskyr (1) 160
- Unit - Vyrkos Blood-born (3) 150
Watch Captain Halgrim's Regiment
- Hero - Watch Captain Halgrim (1) 110
- Unit - Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100
- Unit - The Sons of Velmorn (5) 130
- Unit - The Sepulchral Guard (7) 110
Gorslav the Gravekeeper's Regiment
- Hero - Gorslav the Gravekeeper (1) 120
- Unit - Zondara’s Gravebreakers (5) 120
Total: 1390 points
I have WAY TOO MANY Heroes, at this point... like 1450 points of just heroes. I an only field, at most 5-6 at most (unless I want to start fielding them as "Auxiliary Units" which is not great...). Radukar the Wolf can take one of the other heroes as a Vyrkos Retainer, and the rest either need to be commanding their own Regiment or deployed as an Auxiliary. It's a bit ridiculous...
Still to DO!
This is all the Soulblight Gravelords I still have to do
Heroes
- Sekhar, Fang of Nulahmia
- Torgillius the Chamberlain
- Vampire Lord
- Vampire Lord
- Wight King on Skeletal Steed
(I just realized the last three in this list are missing from the picture... The Wight King on Skeletal Steed is broken and in need of serious repair... the two additional Vampire Lords are additional copies of Vlad and Isabella Von Carstien... but being painted in slightly different colours and on 40mm bases!? the base size for a Vampire Lord, these days, it seems...)
Units
- Dire Wolves (10)
- Fell Bats (3)
- Vargheists (3)
- Blood Knights (5)
- Deathrattle Skeletons (20)
- Deadwalker Zombies (10)
Legends
- The Crimson Court (4)
- The Exiled Dead (7)
What's the priority? Where will I start!? I don't know... I feel like setting up a production line of Skeletons might be a good idea. They should be relatively quick and easy to paint and knocking them all off is a good chunk of the TO DO pile and thus will be a good morale booster!
After that...? Maybe the Dire Wolves, mostly for the same reasons.
When it's ALL DONE
All the stuff together.
When I'm done I will have...
Heroes
- Cado Ezechiar, the Hollow King (1) 150 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Gorslav the Gravekeeper (1) 120 - Any Deadwalkers - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Vyrkos Retainer
- Kritza, the Rat Prince (1) 70 - Any Soulblight Gravelords - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Vyrkos Retainer
- Lady Annika, the Thirsting Blade (1) 130 - Any Soulblight Gravelords - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Vyrkos Retainer
- Necromancer (1) 140 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Radukar the Wolf (1) 150 - 0-1 Vyrkos Retainer, Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Sekhar, Fang of Nulahmia (1) 210 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Torgillius the Chamberlain (1) 180 - Any Soulblight Gravelords - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Vyrkos Retainer
- Carmilla Du Sang, Vampire Lord (1) 160 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Vlad von Carstien, Vampire Lord (1) 160 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Isabella von Carstien, Vampire Lord (1) 160 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Watch Captain Halgrim (1) 110 - Any Deathrattle
- Wight King (1) 100 - Any Deathrattle
- Wight King on Skeletal Steed 1 140 Any Deathrattle
Total: 1980!?
Units
- Blood Knights (5) 230 - Cavalry
- Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100 - Deathrattle, Infantry
- Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100 - Deathrattle, Infantry
- Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100 - Deathrattle, Infantry
- Deadwalker Zombies (20) 150 - Deadwalkers, Infantry
- Dire Wolves (10) 140 - Deadwalkers, Beast
- Fell Bats (3) 100 - Deadwalkers, Beast
- Kosargi Nightguard (2) 120 - Deadwalkers, Infantry
- Vargheists (3) 130 - Infantry
- Vargskyr (1) 160 - Beast
- Vyrkos Blood-born (3) 150 - Infantry
Total: 1480
LEGENDS
- The Crimson Court (4) 210 - Unique, Infantry
- The Exiled Dead (7) 140 - Unique, Deadwalkers, Infantry
- The Sepulchral Guard (7) 110 - Unique, Deathrattle, Infantry
- The Sons of Velmorn (5) 130 _ Unique, Deathrattle, Infantry
- Zondara’s Gravebreakers - (5) 120 - Unique, Deadwalkers, Infantry
Total: 710
ARMY TOTAL: 4170!?
Yikes! That is a LOT of undead!? That's enough to field TWO full-size armies!?
There are so many options and permutations, I'm not even going to imagine HOW I might field that!?
Still to Get!?
Honestly, I do NOT need another damned thing for this army...
Does that mean I wouldn't add to it at some point? Heck, no.
I will, at some point this year, be picking up Radukar the Beast - it is a required (okay... suggested) model for the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - Night Wars expansion. I probably won't pick him and start painting them until we actually get close to finishing the quest in the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City core box!
Also some Endless Spells from the Malign Portents box would be very handy... will that be a this year thing or a maybe next year thing remains to be seen...
What's absolutely stupid, though, is, at SOME point, I'd totally add is MORE HEROES!? There are a number of Vampires in the line that I love the look of and, at SOME point, could see myself picking up and painting for funsies... Ivya Volga for sure, possibly Belladamma Volga, First of the Vyrkos... Maybe even a Vengorian Lord and/or Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares...? Possibly Prince Vhordra, or the more generic Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon...? A zombie dragon on it's own or a Terrorgheist? Maybe even Neferata, Mortarch of Blood and/or Mannfred, Mortarch of Night!? There are just so many very cool looking models... (I don't care for Nagash, though or the Mortis Engine or Corpse Cart or Coven Thronw...)
Not of that is likely to happen this year, though. I really want to get THE STUFF I ALREADY HAVE done and a bunch of stuff for my other armies... so...
Faction Updates Still to Do!
So that's Faction Updates for Nighthaunts, Blades of Khorne, Stormcast Eternals, and Sylvaneth that I've done so far... I still have Slaves to Darkness and Hedonites of Slaanesh, Skaven, Daughters of Khaine, and Disciples of Tzeentch to do...
With all the ones I've done so far, I've had all the miniatures at least assembled. I've been gluing my fingers together for the last week trying to get all these Skeletons and Vampires finished. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do that for the rest...
I haven't assembled hardly any of the plastic Skaven from Skaventide. There are SO MANY Slaves to Darkness to assemble. I think everything for the Hedonites of Slaanesh are assembled... except for a few bigger models that are probably best left unassembled because it will be easier to paint sub-assemblies before fully assembling them...
I have small elements of other factions; Cities of Sigmar, Maggotkin of Nurgle, Lumineth Realmlords, Kharadron Overlords, etc... Some are JUST Warhammer Underworlds Warbands, others just a handful of miniatures. Others, not one thing is assembled or painted... I probably won't do updates for those...
OTHER Faction Updates? I've been considering doing some for some 40K forces - at least the Aeldari and maybe the Imperial Guard (or... SOME of the Imperial Guard) and my Chaos Space Marines - Emperor's Children...? Since the new Guard Codex will likely be out soon-ish, and I'll probably pick it up, maybe I'll wait until I get that... the aeldari wouldn't be too hard. How much is going to change with THAT Codex!?
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